Fostering Intellectual & Artistic Dialog

What We Do

Our Mission

Our mission is to foster intellectual and artistic dialogue, serve as a resource for news in the field of printmaking, forge links between artists, and serve as a base for a variety of activities that focus on the print arts.

Who We Are

The greater AreaSeattle Print Community

Seattle Print Arts is an association of artists, arts professionals and collectors who have an avid interest in the expanding field of print arts and an appreciation of the print media

Our community is made up of a wide range of traditional and non-traditional print artists and print enthusiasts who are dedicated to learning community building and knowledge sharing.

Our Programs

THE LARRY SOMMERS ART FELLOWSHIP

THE PRATT PRINTMAKING SCHOLARSHIP

Seattle Print Arts Biennial Print Exchange

Co-founder of Seattle Print Arts and served as president f or its first seven years. She is a multi-media visual artist whose most recent work includes animation and site specific installation.

EVA ISAKSEN

Has an MFA from Montana State University, an original board member, and is a working artist.

KAMLA KAKARIA

Is a first-generation American from East Indian descent and spent my formative years between the East coast in the US and New Delhi. She holds a BFA in painting and an MFA in printmaking. She works in printmaking as well as encaustic and instillation.

KERSTIN GRAUDINS

Has taught printmaking classes at Pratt for eleven years. She studied printmaking at the University of Washington and New York University.

ROMSON REGARDE BUSTILLO

Is a teaching artist at Seattle Art Museum and print instructor at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Locally, his work is represented in the collections of the City of Seattle, the City of Tacoma, the City of Portland (RACC), Washington State Art Commission, ArtColl Trust, ACRS, UW and the Wing Luke Asian Museum

CLAIRE JAUREGUI

Is the artist and printer behind Orange Twist a line of eco-friendly, screenprinted goods and co-organizer of Screenprinting Work Parties. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BHA in art, creative writing, and gender studies in 2002

VIRGINIA HUNGATE-HAWK

Virginia has taught at Kirkland Art Center, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle Art Museum, and Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, she currently teaches at Pratt Fine Arts Center and Stadium High School. She holds an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Studio Art and Geography from Macalester College.

JITE AGBRO

Is a nontraditional printmaker from Seattle who also works as a designer. She studied printmaking at Cornish College of the Arts and California Collage of Arts and holds an M.S. in Design and Engineering from the University of Washington.

NIKKI BARBER

is a printmaker, teaching artist, and instructor. She loves traveling and translating little moments of journeying into a 2-D print.

She is working to connect printmaking communities and foster international relations. She spearheaded an invitational cultural and artistic exchange between printmaking communities in Thailand and the Pacific Northwest, co-curated by Seattle Print Arts, and with support from Davidson Galleries, Pratt Fine Arts Center, and C.A.P. Studios.

Sarah Mo

Founder of Editions, the coworking space for book artists and printmakers in Georgtown, and the Book Arts Evangelist

Sarah fell in love with book arts and printmaking when she lived in New York City and discovered The Center for Book Arts. Her own artist books reflect her experiences, her beliefs and her doubts. She is always learning and strives to learn something new with each piece she produces.

Sukhie Patel

is a printmaker, educator, and sole proprietrix of Saparia Press. She loves handset type, wood engraving, collographs and wood cuts. When not printing in her home studio, Sukhie is a letterpress teaching assistant at the School of Visual Concept where she gets to witness the joy of new students pulling their first prints, and help seasoned printers with macgyver-ish projects. Sukhie is passionate about public art and literacy education, especially in marginalized communities.

Amber Chiozza

Amber Chiozza studied Illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York, followed by her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She's lived and worked in Seattle for 10 years now, teaching and working throughout the art field as an art handler. Her work is inspired by botanical elements and insect diversity, highlighting lesser known facts about both for viewers to discover and enjoy.

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